I am going to have a 350 dropped into my 84 RS and the best deal I have found at the machine shops around town is $1400 for a fairly well built one. Is this a good deal?

 

Give us the build spec and we will be able to tell you. We need to know what parts were used. If it has forged internals and is balanced and blueprinted, hell yes.

 

this is what I can give you. I hope it's what you need.
- New Manley valves
- New Elgin valve springs and keepers
- New Badger pistons
- New Hastings molly rings
- New Dynagear timing gears and Durabond cam bearings
- New Dynagear timing gears and chain
- New Elgin lifters, push rods, rockers, ***** and nuts
- New Dynagear oil pump
- New FelPro gaskets
- Cylinder heads are pressure checked
- Diamond honed valve guides
- Three angle cut valve seats
- All head surfaces are broached
- Blocks are bored with deck plates, cylinder walls are diamond honed
- Crankshafts are ground and polished for .002 clearance
- Camshafts are ground to O.E.M. specifications, hardened and polished
- Connecting rods are sized to .002 clearance

 

Those all look like mostly stock pieces. For about the same price, you could get a crate engine with a warranty. You can get a 260 hp standard replacement crate engine for ~$1500. Or you can upgrade to the H.O. engine with 330hp for ~$2300. Just add an intake, carb, distributor and your accessories and you are ready to go.

 

Sounds like a cheapo rebuilt GM engine to me. Anyone concur?

 

Yes Doctor, I concur.

 

Paging doctor Vine, doctor Howard, doctor Vine.

 

Enough of this Doctor crap. Bring on the Naughty Nurses.

 

Hell yes!!